Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8834 (CCN-113987)

Assigned:2016-05-07
Published:2016-05-07
Updated:2016-11-28
Summary:Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/wp-db.php in WordPress before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long comment that is improperly stored because of limitations on the MySQL TEXT data type.
Note: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3440.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.1 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8834

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3639

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.2.2

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-cve20158834-xss(113987)

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
Version 4.2.2 WordPress Codex

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-8834

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.2.1)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.cisecurity:def:1018
    P
    		DSA-3639-1 -- wordpress -- security update
    2016-09-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201588340000000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201588340000000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201588340000000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - high.
    2016-05-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20158834000
    V
    		CVE-2015-8834 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - high.
    2016-05-21
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